Governor Nasir El-Rufai has expressed gratitude to the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) for listing Kaduna state as one of the beneficiaries of the $1.12billion for development projects financing.
The governor who stated that the IsDB Board has generously approved the outstanding financing need for the 300-bed Specialist Hospital project, expressed ‘’our gratitude to the Country Office in Abuja, Headquarters in Jeddah and our project management team in Kaduna.’’
Speaking during a media chat last July, Governor El-Rufai disclosed that Kaduna State Government had signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates based Doctors Clinic Company as part of the proactive steps to get the hospital ready for service delivery.
He said that the UAE company will run the hospital as an efficient and sustainable facility, which will operate based on global best practices and it will have 26 departments, six theatres, Intensive Care Units and facilities for cardiology, oncology and nuclear medicine.
The governor also said that the administration also signed another agreement with Elekta, for the purchase of equipment for nuclear medicine and oncology centre, which will enhance the treatment of cancer.
El-Rufai had said that 60% of the personnel will be Nigerians and the expatriates will train local staff so that at after some years, Nigerians will take over the running of the 300-bed Hospital.
